Vicariate Apostolic of intendencia Oriental y Llanos de San Martin

Intendencia Oriental y Llanos de San Martin, Vicariate Apostolic of, in the province of Saint Martin, Colombia, South America, created March 24, 1908, and entrusted to the Society of Mary. In place of this vicariate there were formerly two prefectures Apostolic, one created on June 23, 1903, and the other on January 8, 1904, after negotiations (dating from 1902) between the Holy See and the Colombian Government for the evangelization of these vast provinces. Surrounded by the Cordilleras, and watered by the Batatas, Garagoa, Guavio, Humades, Meta, and Orinoco Rivers, the territory is still inhabited largely by the uncivilized natives, in number about 50,000, of whom scarcely 10,000 have been baptized.

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